PANIC AT THE DISCO

Panic at the Disco got rid of the exclamation point in their name, and also appear to be trying to ditch any association with emo by mining their parents’ record collections for inspiration. For the most part, this album would sound completely at home on classic rock radio.

This will undoubtedly piss off many of their fans, but it’ll also get the band some attention from people who would previously have discounted them. It’s a bit unsettling to see young musicians go retro so early in their career, but they get their tributes wrong enough that this doesn’t sound nearly as derivative as it might have.